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WEST VIRGINIA 



It becomes evident that a state with the limited terri- 

 tory ofWest Virginia must hHvr soiii.^ ..iher compeusat- 

 Ing feature to render it caiMl.l. "( ~nri, varied products. 

 A glance at its geograpLn mI h"iii"ii, at the varied alti- 

 tudes and exposures, is -iitinirni 1.1 : Miint for tlie va- 

 riety of climatf. ri'T-iiMii.' •■ .:■■■;■' ,.!,.!■■, it. I'm- I. !i- 



thrive on the 1" i : : ! ■ ' . 



glades, and in ili- : . i , : i i;. ;.■ ! i . i. i : i ■ ■ 



a congenial hoiii. :! ' . _ 



in great quant i T I ' i ,, , i , . aiul tm . iii(. 



ment. Certain I". ' aihipted to the 



cultivation ot - ■ ' pears of the 



better sorts, ami , ,i tlie state fur- 



nishes ideal cmi.lii i-n , Im, Mm l.la, ki,, i ,y and dewberry 

 — the Lucretia dewlxTrr liciiig a native. 



The mountainous character of the state has been a 

 barrier to cheap railroad construction, and as a result 

 facilities for moving perishable products are not good, 

 and to-day lack of railroad facilities is the greatest 

 check to commercial horticulture. L. Q. CoRBETT. 



WHAHOO or WINGED ELM is Ulmus alata. 



WHEAT. See Trilienm. 



WHEAT, INDIA. Fiujo 



WHiPPLEA (Li( 

 Whipph ,, .111111.11.1 



peta 



[afterward General] A W 

 i.f the Pacifac Railroad E\pedi 

 |.pi to Los Angeles in 1853-54) 

 ~ ..£ one species, a trailing sub- 

 ^luall white fls which soon be- 

 II t. ishixt -l-gfls ^n<\ 

 . tn.lffh of «, inrh I 

 II. I \|.iil 111.1 IS iMln. 

 II ihi W modesta. 



WHITANIA. Catalogue error for Withania. 



WHITE ALDER. S.mi.-tiiiiPs applii-.i in America to 

 CUthra nhiifoliii. White-and-Blue Flower is Cupheu 

 Llavea. White Cedar. Cl,.im,i,:iip,iris s/ihwroiiled. See 

 also T!iiu/,i. W. Cup. .yi.nniln-rgia ririihiris. W. 

 Hellebore. \'. rainn,:. W. Thorn. Ci-iiidi/iis. Whiteweed. 

 Chrys'iiilli, ,n,)i,i /,, iir„ „lli, m nm . Whitewood. Tulip- 

 tree and Liudiu iLirioil.iiilrnii, TiUa). 



WHITFlfiLDIA (after Thomas Whitfield, intrepid 

 naturalist who made several explorations into tropical 

 western Africa and brought back many choice plants). 

 AcanthAceie. A genus of 2 species of tropical African 

 herbs, one with white, th.* ..Ih.-r with I.ri./k-red flowers. 

 The latter is a bushy ev. i lt.. n planl with numerous 

 branches terminated by ra.-. m.^ m1 ali..iit 8 dull red fls. 

 each an inch long. The >-:iU \ an. I .■..r,.lla an. I often the 

 large bracts are all colon. I alik.. 'I'hi- s|...i.s has been 

 considered a desirable si<.\i' plani. a 

 men known to cultivatimi lil.ii.ni..l 

 March. It is, however, pi a.-ihally u 

 ica. It has been catalogued in the Ai 

 seems to be little known. 



Generic characters: calyx 5-parted ; segments colored, 

 oblong or lanceolate ; corolla-tube swelled almost from 

 the base, or slender and cylindrical below and abruptly 

 infiexed above, widening into a bell -shaped throat; 

 lobes 5, ovate or oblong-lanceolate ; stamens 4, didyna- 



r-t speci- 



rude, but 



lateritia, Hook. Tender, evergreen, red-fld. subshrub 

 about 3 ft. high: Ivs. opposite, entire, ovate or oblong 

 ovate, wavy: corolla between bell- and funnel-shaped. 

 Western Trop. Afr. B.M. 4155. F.S. 1:36. W. M. 



WHITLAVIA. See PJmceUa. 



WHITLOW GRASS. Draba. 



WHITLOW- WORT. See Pfn-onj/rhla. 



in S. Ca 



WIGANDIA (Johannes Wigand, Pomeranian bishop; 

 wrote on plants in 1590). Hydrophyll&cece. About 7 

 species of tall, coarse perennial herbs or subshrubs 

 native to mountainous regions from Mexico to the 

 Argentine Republic. The fls. are .1-Iobid, ni..stly violet. 

 1-1^2 in. across and borne to iIm i Mutl.i i .f :i" oi hm.i.. 

 in lax. terminal, cymose pani- ' '>' : ' ■ ! , ilv 



valued as foliage plants for Ml : m-,- 



of their very showy chara.i. i i i :. v- 



ered with stinging hairs, similar lu miii. .,. Jlaui l.irge 

 specimens may be seen in California, but the plants 

 sidered to be rather coarse and straggling. 



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2723. Wigandia 



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They are generally raised from seed every year, the 

 seed being started indoors as early as January. The 



TIm N :ir. iiii-,MM":Ml.ii'. LriilMi;., | . ' , , I K . a s t hc V do 

 ■ ,..:,.., Th. r - uMiy he kept 



